International Defense Cooperation

Extending beyond analysis of U.S. defense trends, DIIG also tracks trends in security cooperation, defense spending, industrial integration, defense policy, and defense industrial base activities with partners including in Europe, Asia and the Pacific

Surges in military spending by potential adversaries in recent years have reshaped the defense landscape, especially as European countries evaluate their responses to Russian aggression and as the United States increases its focus on the INDOPACOM region. As the global security environment faces growing competition, the size and scope of defense spending, defense capabilities, and the defense industrial bases in these regions and others deserve careful attention. Leveraging deep knowledge, quantitative data and regional expertise, DIIG seeks to analyze overall defense trends and bring together experts in conferences to identify opportunities for future U.S. defense cooperation with regional allies and partners. Of particular interest are policies, both in the United States and abroad, that could enable or more often impede such cooperation.

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Recruiting Friends for the Polar Icebreaker Express: Viewing the ICE Pact through Broader Defense Industrial Cooperation

An audio version of “Recruiting Friends for the Polar Icebreaker Express: Viewing the ICE Pact through Broader Defense Industrial Cooperation,” a new Critical Questions by CSIS’s Katy Buda, Gregory Sanders, and Cynthia Cook. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by Katy Buda, Gregory Sanders, and Cynthia Cook — August 1, 2024

Audio Briefs

Pausing Proliferation: Facing China's Military Engine Development

A panel discussion on Chinese military engine development between the Director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) at CSIS, Dr. Cynthia R. Cook, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Brigadier General Dave Stilwell, and Director of The Defense Concepts Organization and former Specialist in Military Aviation at the Congressional Research Service, Mr. J.J. Gertler.

Event — April 18, 2023